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 246 Readings in European History In the year 911 of the Incarnation King Louis, the son of Emperor Arnulf, died, and since the royal line was now extinct, he was succeeded by Conrad, son of that Conrad who had been killed by Adalbert. In the year 912 of the Incarnation the Hungarians again devastated without opposition Franconia and Thuringia. Archbishop Hatto [of Mayence], a very keen and able man, died, and Heriger succeeded him. Otto, duke of Saxony, died. In the year 913 of the Incarnation there was a very severe winter. The Hungarians wasted the fields of the Alemannians and were defeated by the Bavarians and Alemannians at the river Inn. In the same year Einhard, bishop of Speyer, was blinded by Counts Bernhard and Conrad. In the year 914 of the Incarnation Otbert, bishop of Stras- burg, was killed. Bishop Salomon [of Constance] was taken prisoner. 1 In the year 915 of the Incarnation the Hungarians wasted all Alemannia with fire and sword ; they harried all Thuringia and Saxony and came as far as the abbey of Fulda. In the year 917 of the Incarnation the Hungarians came through Alemannia into Alsace and to the borders of Lor- raine. Erchanger and Berthold were beheaded. Arnulf, duke of Bavaria, revolted against the king. In the year 918 of the Incarnation King Conrad celebrated the birth of St. John in the cloister of Hersfeld. In the year 919 of the Incarnation King Conrad died. He was in all respects a man of insight, gentle, and a friend of divine learning. As he perceived that the day of his death was near, he summoned his brethren and relatives, namely the great among the Franconians. He said to them that his 1 By Erchanger, duke of Alemannia, as we learn from the annals of the monastery of St. Gall. His execution is mentioned below.